A Chicago man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for a terrifying 2021 carjacking rampage in which he fired into an occupied vehicle, stole another car at gunpoint, and led police on a high-speed, crash-filled chase while armed with a machine gun.
Kiar Evans, 26, was convicted by a jury last year on four federal counts: carjacking, attempted carjacking, illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. This month, U.S. District Judge Martha M. Pacold handed down a 216-month sentence, followed by three years of supervised release.
The case stems from a violent afternoon on May 20, 2021, when Evans, fleeing a crash near Independence Boulevard and Congress Parkway, ran up to a Chevrolet Impala and fired two rounds through its front passenger window. The occupants narrowly escaped serious injury as shattered glass injured one person…